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US 2023/0406562 A1Published application
Bottle made from natural fibres and method for producing such a bottle
AssigneeGreen Gen Technologies
InventorsSeverine LAURENT, James DE ROANY
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Abstract
Bottle made from a shell comprising a body, a bottom and a neck, the bottle being characterised in that the shell is made of a composite material of a knitted fabric of natural fibres combined with thermoplastic material, the shell being shaped and stabilised by thermocompression, the web being a sock with a closed bottom and having a variable section leading up to the neck, depending on the shape the bottle is to have.
Claims20
A bottle with a wall comprising a base, a body and a neck, a bottle characterised in that
- the wall of composite material is made of a knitted material of natural fibres combined a thermoplastic material, the wall being shaped and stabilised by injection, moulding or thermocompression,
- the knitted material being a sleeve formed by a bottom and having a variable cross-section rising towards the neck, depending on the shape of the bottle.
A bottle comprising:
- (i) a body,
- (ii) a base, and
- (iii) a neck,
- where said body, said base, and said neck include a composite including a thermoplastic material and a knitted material, where said knitted material includes natural fibre yarns.
1 more element
A method for forming a composite bottle, the method comprising:
- (i) providing a pre-finished composite that includes a thermoplastic material and a knitted material, where the knitted material includes natural fibre yarns, and where the knitted material is in the shape of a bottle;
- (ii) heat treating the pre-finished composite to form the composite bottle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.